Translation ...
[To our visiting German climbing friends; we hope your injured party member quickly recovers and that you are able to continue to enjoy your sojourn in Australia.
Please do not be offended by the banter (or speculation), on this website, as we do not mean to offend, only to learn from your unfortunate experience.
Regards,
M9]

On 15/05/2007 Snowball wrote:>On 15/05/2007 anthonyk wrote:>>when was the last time they named the wall someone was climbing at when>>they had an accident? >>The last 2 accidents that happened on Tiger wall.

hehe nice.. i picked a great example hey. but i remember them being pretty vague about the area most of the time.

Heartfelt sympathies to all. With so many old and new friends currently camping at Stapylton I hope
everyone takes the time to double/triple check everything. If anyone needs a free place to stay for a
night in melbourne, send me an email.

Conjecture, I stress only conjecture, at the gym tonight was that a fall off a route such as Soweto might have caused a 15m groundfall.

The not-so-well known problem may have occurred where the belayer is standing out from the base of the cliff, then as a result of a fall, the rope tension causes the gear below the top piece to be pulled outwards and fail. If the top piece then fails ..

This almost happened to two friends engaged in the conversation tonight (you know who you are) on Soweto. A cam in a horizontal kept the rest of the gear from being ripped outwards.